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REPUBCICAN CANDIDATES
COUNTY
Treasurer.J. J- Stllson, Atkinson
Clerk.E. S. Gilmour, incumbent
Clerk court, JohnSkirving, incumbent
Sheriff.C. E. Hall, incumbent
Superintendent.-C. J. Malone, Inman
Judge.W. F. Clevish, Rock Falls
Assessor.Tyler Scriven, Chamders
Coroner.. Dr. W. J. Douglas, Atkinson
Surveyor.R. E. Bowden, Agee
STATE
Supreme judge.. J. B. Barnes, Madison
Regents, W. G. Whitmore, Douglas;
C. S. Allen, Lancaster.
TUB PLATFORM
We, the republicans of Holt county,
Nebraska, In convention assembled
renew our allegiance to the principles
enunciated in the republican national
platform of 1900.
We heartily endorse the vvise.patrio
tlc and courageous administration of
President Roosevelt. We commend
his fearless and searching inquiry
into tlie alleged charges of miscon
duct in the postal department and
hope the investigation will be con
tinued until the guiltvare punished
and the innocent vindicated.
We endorse the policy of President
Roosevelt on the trust question.
The business like administration
of the present state official we hearti
ly endorse.
The official and economical act of
our republican county officials, includ
ing the republican members of the
county board, meets with our approval
■ and endorsement.
We pledge the party and the nomi
nees of this convention to a contin
uance of the honesty and economical
management of county affairs.
We cail attention to the fact that
the position of the republican party
in this county on tax fourclosures has
been sustained by the supreme court
of the state; and, whereas, the county
and its tax payers have been subjected
to a great amount of unnecessary and
unjust cost by the illegal proceedings
instituted by the populists when in
power and continued bv the present
county attorney, therefore be it re
solved that we adhear to our former
position on the the question of county
tax foreclosures, ana we demand that
the county treasurer collect all taxes
both reitil and personal in the manner
provided by the constitution and the
laws of the state of Nebraska, as re
cently interpreted by the supreme
court.
Reliance may always be relied upon.
Go home, Shamrock; Reliance is too
fast for you.
What does the headllng, “Suicide
Prevented,” followed by a patent
medlcinlne ad, at the foot of an edit
orial eolumn suggest?
John L. Webster was endorsed by
the republican state convention as the
vice-presidential candidate, llis nom
ination Is not at all out of (he range
of possibilities and every Nebraskan
ought to endorse the endorsement of
the convention.
Editoress Rosa of the Stuart Ledger
has and Is receiving her just share of
pie, In the shape of county patronage,
but because she has been unable to
get the whole bakery has resorted to
bushwhacking tactics. The incentive
that prompts such methods is easily
discerned and will redound to the
detriment of the promoter.
A great hugh and cry was raised by
the World-Herald and taken up by
the lesser lights of reform that the
republican state convention was called
simply to go through the formality ol
ratifying a pre-arranged slate. The
proceedings at Grand Island and
Columbus furnishes fresh evidence ol
the reformers’ complacent adaptabil
ity to things they condemn in re
publicans.
The republican judicial ticket foi
the Fifteenth district, with Capt
Fisher of Dawes county for the wesl
end and W. T. Wills of Boyd county
for the east end, is now ready. Th<
fusion ticket, the present judges, i:
also ready. There lias been a growing
feeling for a long time thal
there should be a change in ou
district and apparently the time ha:
come for the change. Wills ant
Fisher each stand high in the lega
profession, neither being so partisar
bound that the interests of litigant:
would be placed in the balances o
lolitical preference.
Our esteemed contemporary evident
. ly thinks the public’s demand for con
vention stuff exceeds all others.
Tiie esteemed Ledger says a good
democrat is better than a had republl
' can. True; but when the odds are
even the Ledger seems to prefer the
democrat.
WHERE ARE THE FAITHFUL?
Tills report comes from the pop
state convention held at Grand Island:
The first roll call of the convention
showed fifty-two counties of the state
not represented, with an actual count
showing 142 persons in the delegates’
places, none in the galleries and less
than twenty on the stage.
This must be disheartening to a
party once controlling the state. How
have the mighty fallen!
A household specialist offers this
recipe:
Two quarts of green tomatoes, one
quart of red tomatoes, three small
bunces of celery, three large onions,
three red, sweet peppers, three green
sweet peppers, one small head of cab
bage, one large ripe cucumber, one
half coffeecup of salt. Chop the vege
tables, cover with the salt and let
stand over night. Drain well in morn
ing. Add three pints of vinegar, two
pounds of dark brown sugar, one tea
spoon of mustard, One teaspoon of
pepper.
And then adds: “Delicious, and
pretty to look at.” But how about the
effect on the digestive machinery?
Lynch^ Journal: The other clay we
read an article in a populist paper
commending Bixby qf the State Jour
nal for refusing to abuse Judge Sulli
van, and give it to him strong just
because he is a candidate for supreme
judge on the fusion ticket. It is a re
markable fact that such a liberal
spirit is shown by but few of the popu
list papers. And chief among the rot
throwers is the Holt County Independ
ent. We have never known the editor of
that paper to admit that it was possible
for a man to differ with him in poli
tics and aspire to office or to have a
a friend suggest him for office and be
honest. We have always noticed that
people who always see the devil and
nothing good in the other fellow are
men that it is not safe to trust too far.
They met at an O’Neill railroad de
pot, they of irongray hair and populist
politics. It was a few minutes before
the train was to leave that would
start them on their way to Grand
Island to lend tongue and pen and vote
to the great reform conelave. The greet
ing was cordial as the eminent reform
leader passed his hand into his pocket
and presently the soft flutter of
United States currency assured his
fellow delegate from the country that
all wrs well. The currency passed
to the country delegate’s hand as the
eminent reformer cast an eye around
to assure himself no one saw it,
exchanging the Roman Augur wink as
they ambled pleasantly up to the
ticket office. Presently they were on
their way to Grand Island to cry out
against corrupt republicans and blow
devastating blasts upon the myrmid
ons of capital.
The “Reform” Fake
York Times: Ever since their di
vorce, real or pretended, the Populist
and Democrats, of the weaker sort,
are exchanging compliments and try
ing to keep up the old delusion that
one or both of them, singly or doubly,
would do something in the way of
useful reform if the people would only
forget the past so far as to give them
a chance. The Commoner talks with
great unction about the necessary re
forms that they can only hope to ac
complish by the aid of the reform pops.
Then the Independent chimes in with
a disgusting lot of slush about the
Democracy as a “reform party” and
what it would or could do if the dis
honest, repudiating, officehungry, dis
reputable, buy-and-sell horde, they
call the “reform wing” of that party,
should by any mischance get into
power.
It is amusing and disgusting to here
these convicted betrayers and bribe
takers talk about reform. What
aboutMeserve and Cornell and Porter?
What about the defaulting school,
township and county treasurers and
court house burners all over the state?
There never was such a carnival of
thievery and cheap knavery in any
i state as there was in Nebraska when
: the "allied forces of reform” captured
the state government and the court
[ houses. The people hastened with all
speed to turn ’em out,but they did not
1 succeed until thousands of dollars of
I the people's money was stolen and
I half a dozen court houses burned to
( cover their crimes. Still this motley
crowd has |the effrontery to prate of
1 reform, as though possibly they might
- do something in that line.
What do they mean by “reform?” |
They have never defined the term, but
from their arguments, charges ana
promises some idea of what they mean
can be inferred. They said there was
stealing in office and that it ought to
be stopped, and they premised to put
a stop to it if they got into power.
That is one thing that everybody
knows. They also complained bitterly
that public officers rode on railroad
passes, and they said when they got in
they would stop all that. There are
two reforms they considered most
Important. But there was a third
like unto them, if not more so. The
railroad assessments were altogether
too low. Tiie great grievance of the
people was excessive and unequal tax
ation. The railrords did not bear
their share of the buren. They promis
ed to remedy that with mailed hand
when they came to power.
There are three principal reforms
that were to be put in operation as
soon as they should be entrusted with
the power. How did they redeem
their promises? They succeeded in
getting the confidence of the people
and acquired full control of the state
and most of the counties and it was
natural to suppose they would do some
pretty effective stunts in the line of
“reform.” Did they? In the matter
of “stealing” as they called it, they
surpassed anything ever dreamed of.
They, not one but nearly all, proceed
ed as speedily as possible to court
bribes, to approdriate funds to their
own use and hold up those who refus
ed bribes.
In the matter of passes they not
only took all the passes that were
offered but were persistent in begging
and demanding them, not only for
themsevles but for their families and
rriends. The railroads were kept in
constant fear of outrage if they refus
ed the unreasonable demands for
passes of the fusion officials. In the
matter of assessments instead of rais
ing railroad property they actually
reduced It lower than it ever had been
and when the disgusted people return
ed the Republican party to power
they raised it forthwith.
Tb 's is the record of the allied forces
of reform. This is the way they re
deemed their promises and showed
their sincerity. It would seem that
this experience would close their
mouths about “reform,” but it does
not in the least affect them. They
still insult the intelligence of the
people by going over again the same
old track and talking the same balder
dash. They are all convicted.
The “reform” Democrats and the
“reform” Populists were both in and
there was no difference. They were
“tarred with the same stick.” Of
course there were some honest men
elected to office by them, who did not
betray their trust, who thought they
really meant it, but they were all too
few and far too weak to prevent or re
tard the wholesale infamy of their
allied parties.
NEBRASKA NEWS NOTES.
The Victor White Coal company of
Omaha has filed articles of incorpora
tion with tlie secretary of state. The
capital stock is $50,000. The incorpo
rators are E. W. Nash, Guy C. Barton,
G.*W. McGrath and Victor White.
The Republican state central com
mittee will meet at Lincoln at 1
o’clock the evening of September
8. The meeting will be for the pur
pose of discussing the progress of the
campaign. Chairman Lindsay has is
sued a formal call for the meeting.
Safe blowers wrecked the safe in the
State bank at Lebonon Friday. There
three distinct explosions. The robbers
got away. The loss was heavy, being
right in grain season. The bank was
insured in the Fidelity and Casualty
mmnanv.
Within less than two weeks the
new state normal school will have#
been located. The board started out
again Monday for a week’s vacation
among the hospitable people of nor
mal school towns and a week from
Tuesday the members will congregate
at Peru and there the finish will
be put to the suspense.
While plowing on the farm of W.
II. Baker, five miles northwest of
Plattsmouth, eight skeletons were
unearthed by Ray Wesley and Frank
Barker, The bones are upposed to be
those of Indians, and seme of them
appeared to be the remains of children.
The teeth and some of the bones
were picked up and kept for further
examination. The heavy rains had
washed the dirt from the side of the
hill and enabled the boys to reach
them with their plows.
The 10-year-old son of Herman
Heltzmann, living ten miles north of
West Point, met with a fatal accident
yesterday by being drawn into the
machinery of a feed grinder on his
father’s farm. It seems that during
the temporary absence of the father
the boy started up the machinery and
in feeding the hopper1 got his hand
caught, and being unable to release
himself his arm was torn from the
socket and when the sweep came
around his head was caught between
the wood and iron work, killing him
instantly in sight of the distracted
father, who could do nothing to help
him.
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